COMPANY

Electrical products and tools manufacturer, founded 1833 by brothers Charles and Elias Cooper.

Official Website:
http://www.cooperindustries.com/

Industry:
Manufacturing

Ticker:
NYSE:CBE

Corporate headquarters:
Houston, TX

Sales:
$4.7B (2005)

Employees:
29,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
C. Baker Cunningham	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Belden, 1993-2005
Kirk S. Hachigian	Business	c. 1959		CEO of Cooper Industries
Frederick B. Hegi, Jr.	Business	c. 1943		Wingate Partners
Larry W. McCurdy	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Moog Automotive, 1985-94
H. John Riley, Jr.	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Cooper Industries, 1995-2005

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stephen G. Butler	Business	c. 1948		CEO of KPMG, 1996-2002
Robert M. Devlin	Business	c. 1941		CEO of American General, 1996-2001
Ivor J. Evans	Business	c. 1943		Vice Chairman of Union Pacific, 2004-05
Kirk S. Hachigian	Business	c. 1959		CEO of Cooper Industries
James J. Postl	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Pennzoil-Quaker State, 2000-02
Dan F. Smith	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Lyondell Chemical, 1996-2008
Mark Thompson	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Fairchild Semiconductor

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Linda A. Hill	Educator	c. 1957		Harvard Business School

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Clifford J. Grum	Business	c. 1934		CEO of Temple-Inland, 1983-2000
Frank A. Olson	Business	19-Jul-1932		CEO of Hertz Corporation, 1977-99
H. John Riley, Jr.	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Cooper Industries, 1995-2005
H. Lee Scott	Business	14-Mar-1949		CEO of Wal-Mart, 2000-09
A. Thomas Young	Business	1938		President of Martin Marietta, 1990-95

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James H. Lee	Business	c. 1948		Lee, Hite & Wisda, Ltd.
David Medina	Judge	1958		Justice, Texas Supreme Court

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